Crowds have gathered overnight before the funeral of Diana Princess of Wales – the Peoples' Princess - after her tragic car crash death in Paris. It is early morning in the Mall and families wait patiently and reverently behind police barriers lining the route where her body followed by the royal family will pass in a few hours. Tens of thousands have claimed their places for good vantage points while dressing the railings with flags and pictures and candles spelling her name along with flowers that will be thrown across the road as her cavalcade drives slowly past. Their monarchist sympathies ensure that the nation is mourning this popular lady while angry with the Queen's apparent inability to show sympathy herself.
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